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...Williams' light, the image of the outlaw team brightens. "The old man ((Tarkanian)) runs a straight deal," he says firmly, "and the whole community is protective of it." Betting on UNLV games is not only illegal, it appears to be that rarest thing in town, immoral. "If a player so much as walked into a casino," Williams declares, "everyone would rise up and say, 'No, no, uh-uh, forget it.' I mean, just the idea of it is offensive. That's like our one normal thing: college basketball. The word would get back to Tark in about seven minutes...
Because suddenly the cagers (5-6 overall) are scoring points at a pace that the UNLV "Runnin' Rebels"--the perrenial NCAA scorin' leaders--would be proud of: 85.7 points per game. The 1986-'87 cagers are on a pace to break this school's all-time season scoring average mark of 84.5 points per game set back in 1971-'72 (which finished with a 15-11 overall mark...
...UNLV and UTEP, the top two-rated teams in the West during most of the regular season, meet in tomorrow's second game...
Booker and Catchings scored 12 points each in the second half as UNLV, now 38-5 and the fifth seed in this regional, out-scored the 12th-seeded Tigers, 14-6, to take a 42-31 lead with 14:50 left in the game...